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This quick Spanish-inspired saute is a lesson in simplicity. All shrimp really needs to dazzle is lots of garlic and a splash of lemon. Serve as a main dish over linguine or as a tapas (appetizer).

INGREDIENTS
MARINADE & SHRIMP
3 tablespoons lemon juice
3 tablespoons dry white wine
2 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 pound mediu… Continue

I have discovered a recipe that is worth killing pigs for, the P90x Island Pork Tenderloin Recipe.
If you cut out the dressing you can lower the fat content from 13g to a little more than 6 grams.
You can also serve the Pork Tenderloin with rice as a different option. Whatever you do, don't cut out the brown sugar, it is what makes this dish out of this… Continue

Time flies when you're having fun! Well, here I am again, feeling a little bad that I haven't blogged in a while. Hail Mary a thousand times! I have definitely made some inroads into my diet in the past couple of weeks, but now I need to get the exercise ball rolling! How do you keep up the energy and motivation going when you are eating sticks?? Ok, celery sticks... My strategy is to keep up the healthy eating habits and start exercising so that I have the power to resist temptation during the… Continue

Forgive me Father for I have sinned! I have not blogged since June 2, 2008! Time flies when you're struggling to try and make a living in the current economic wasteland! It's not that I haven't thought about it, as I was stuffing my face with pork products... Really, I have thought about it a lot. And now, you say, why now? Well, I guess I can attribute my newfound enthusiasm and overcome inertia to good old day light savings. Spring is in the air, and let's face it, it's much harder to hide the… Continue

Great movie...

Last night I went to see the new SATC movie! The girls and I had planned to get all dressed up and go on opening night, but that just didn't work out. So we ended up going on Sunday night. I was dressed to the nines in my shiny, silver, chic dress, diamond horseshoe necklace, and my Manolo Blahnik knockoffs!

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